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November 2012

Did you know the name for a baby platypus or echidna is a puggle? I didn’t until the other day. When I heard Mum talking about a Puggle at the work and how it had come into the Wildlife Hospital – I had to ask her what that was?! Then she told me all about Annabelle and Beau. Become a puggle expert by reading more about Beau…

I don’t know much about dinosaurs but I have a mate that does! His name is Alec and he is 11 years old. He has loved dinosaurs and animals for ages – like lots of you! I have asked Alec to help me write about the dinosaurs here at Taronga. Here’s what he had to say about our Dinosaur Profile for November – Deinonychus!

Katydid what? Thought mum was talking about a girl named Katy at first but then she told me about a minibeast called a katydid! I’d actually seen lots of them before but thought they were grasshoppers! I had to find out more! Read about what I found…